Chapter 69. Suddenly, Weapon Refining Mini Game!

Chapter 69. Suddenly, Weapon Refining Mini Game!

When both I and Ren Qingquan saw that scene, we thought of the same thing at once. 'A face slapping scene!'

Without my reminder, Ren Qingquan quickly activated his Turtle Divination Technique and saw the amount of luck that boy had.

The result shocked both of us as the amount of luck that boy has is actually abysmally low!

In his confusion, Ren Qingquan even already switched his technique off and on several times. But the result from Turtle Divination remains the same, that boy's luck is extremely low.

At this time, the young man stood up as he glared at the middle aged man with a cold eyes as he snorted, "Hmph! Mere frog in a well, if it's not because this city is the closest place I can reach, I won't be willing to take a step in your association!"

Hearing the young man's loud voice, there are already several people spectating the confrontation between both of them.

Seemingly gaining courage from the surrounding spectators, the young man continued arrogantly, "I dare you to bet with me on talisman refining. The loser will kneel to the winner and ask for their forgiveness!"

When the young man finished speaking, the middle aged man's face already turned beet red.

I immediately felt this situation can't end nicely.

Just like I expected, the middle aged man roared in anger. "Bastard, who do you think you are! How dare you tarnish the reputation of the Talisman Association like that! I will kill you, you little shit!"

Without any more nonsense, that middle aged man pushed his palm toward the young man's head. With the sound of watermelon bursting, the head of that young man exploded as liquid spread all around the place.

There are even some spectators that got stained by the fluids coming from the young man's head while screaming from the shock. But upon being glared at by that middle aged man, they quickly turn quiet and keep their head low before continuing their usual business.

Ren Qingquan: (☉⁠。⁠☉⁠)

While Ren Qingquan was stupefied, I activated my [Scan] and scanned the memory of that boy's remnant soul due to curiosity.

What I found out is actually the story of a young man with serious case of delusion.

The young man comes from a village located nearby this city. After falling into a hole while foraging in a forest several months ago, he found the corpse of a cultivator. Inside the pouch of that dead cultivator, there are cultivation techniques and basic talisman techniques.

As one of the literate people in his village, the young man slowly read the book while asking several other literate people for the meaning of words he couldn't understand.

Soon, he already understood every word and diagram of that cultivation manual. Within a short time, he successfully reached the fourth stage of qi refining.

With his increased strength, the young man started practicing talisman refining and easily created a fire summoning talisman.

Amidst happiness, he quickly ran toward the city in hope of joining the Talisman Association. Things happen, and just like what I saw, he was killed by that middle aged man.

When I finished watching his memory, I can't help but think that the young man is also quite pitiful. According to the scene I gained from that memory, he definitely fell into qi deviation due to practicing his technique wrongly. It indeed causes his early cultivation speed to increase, but his potential is already destroyed. Furthermore, the reason he turned into such an arrogant guy is because the qi deviation affected his brain and soul.

With this, I activated [Devour] and turned his soul into points.

What? Do you think I'll leave free points alone?

When I already devoured the soul thoroughly, I feel Ren Qingquan lost the interest to go inside the Talisman Association.

The sales woman then proceeds to leave Ren Qingquan who has entered the room she pointed.

Inside the room, there is a forge and anvil coupled with other items used in weapon forging.

While waiting for the sales woman to return, Ren Qingquan walked around and grabbed tools like a hammer, chisel, brush, tongs, etc. and played around with it.

The wait didn't last long and a burly bald middle aged man entered the room. From [Scan], I detected the man to have Golden Core stage cultivation. Walking next to him, the sales woman introduced the man while holding a tray filled with materials. "This is the branch manager of our Weapon Refining Association. He will be the one in charge of being the examiner for this test. Because except for the branch manager there are no other people capable of being an examiner in this branch."

With a stern face, the middle aged man spoke, "The test is extremely simple, you just need to create a magical weapon within an hour using the materials prepared. Without further ado, let's begin."

Just in case Ren Qingquan failed and wasted those 10 spirit stones, I decided to help him. After all, although the memory of Void Refining Technique, which is the weapon refining technique I taught him before also includes several simulated memories which should help him. But with Ren Qingquan being Ren Qingquan, I am afraid he would still get confused without my aid.

[Assistance Mode Activated]

With that message, I created an illusory bar and circles.

Just like those rhythm games, the circle consists of one small circle located inside a big circle that slowly turns smaller. When the big circle touched the small circle inside it, Ren Qingquan must smash his hammer into that location.

I also added an arrow and number which is the angle and direction Ren Qingquan must follow while hitting the metal.

As for the bar, it shows Ren Qingquan the amount of energy and power he must use to hit the metal.

After teaching Ren Qingquan about the function of those screens, I reminded him.

[Host, don't forget to activate your Void Refining Technique while hitting the metals. Also, do you want System to add some music while at it?]

Ren Qingquan:(¬_¬)

With the help of my assistance function, Ren Qingquan started hitting the piece of metal.

At first he often hit it too hard or too weak due to not getting used to the bar, but soon he started to hit it with the correct amount of force.

Thanks to the Void Refining technique, Ren Qingquan doesn't need to heat the metal using the forge, which simplified the forging process several times.

Soon, he finished crafting the sword embrio and started engraving runes into the sword using a chisel and hammer.

With half an hour remaining, the sword on Ren Qingquan's hand is finally completed.

Ren Qingquan then passed the sword he just forged to the bald branch manager.

Holding the sword gently, I saw the branch manager's eyes widened the more he inspected Ren Qingquan's work. Soon, he started to talk with an increasingly loud voice, "This... This is a perfect work! A top class masterpiece! I've only seen this level of craftsmanship from those top weapon refiners! Which senior refiner's disciple is this esteemed guess."

Equipping his profound look, Ren Qingquan spouted some nonsense, "I'd rather not say, my master prefers to live in seclusion and has stopped refining for a long time. As a disciple, I hope to respect my master's wish."

Seeing the look on Ren Qingquan's face, the branch manager just nodded before groping around his pocket and pulled a badge. "I apologize, even though the skill you show can easily get you a third stage badge or above, but our association only has the right to grant first stage badge."

"Then if there is nothing else, let me take my leave as I am quite busy at this time of the day." With that word, the bald branch manager opened the door and walked away.

Once the branch manager left, the sales woman who had been standing at a corner all this time clapped her hand, "Congratulations for obtaining your badge, senior! Please follow me to visit the Association's library."

Announcement\(⁠ ⁠•̀⁠ ⁠۝ ⁠•́⁠ )/Mwahaha, do you think that guy will be a child of luck?